"--the strife of wits, the fight for precedence, all labouring night and day with surpassing toil to mount upon the pinnacle of riches and to lay hold on power." - On the Nature of Things, Lucretius
This describes the life of most human beings. Everyone nowadays always strives to become rich and live the "good life", but we don't know exactly what this good life really is. We don't find peace of mind because we are too busy "labouring night and day" whether it be at our job or at school. All our lives we want to make money and be powerful because people tell us that's what we should want. The idea of being rich and powerful is fixated in the minds of humans. The working for us never ends...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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I agree with Munir. Everyone thinks that if they become successful and rich there problems will just go away. What people don't realize is that the money will never be enough, your problems will still be there and might even get worse.
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